1997 Armagh City and District Council election
# 1997 Armagh City and District Council election

Elections to Armagh City and District Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 22 councillors.

## Election results

Armagh City and District Council Election Result 1997 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ulster Unionist | 10 | 0 | 0 | | 45.5 | 42.0 | 11,002 | 2.5 |
| SDLP | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 31.8 | 30.8 | 8,055 | 4.8 |
| Sinn Féin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13.6 | 14.6 | 3,826 | 6.2 |
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | | 9.1 | 11.9 | 3,117 | 0.4 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.7 | 167 | 0.7 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Armagh City and District Council election, 1997 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Armagh City | 25.3 | 2 | 38.1 | 2 | 25.9 | 2 | 8.1 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 6 |
| Crossmore | 30.8 | 1 | 49.4 | 3 | 19.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Cusher | 59.5 | 4 | 14.3 | 1 | 4.8 | 0 | 21.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| The Orchard | 49.7 | 3 | 24.5 | 1 | 9.4 | 0 | 16.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 42.0 | 10 | 30.8 | 7 | 14.6 | 3 | 11.9 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 22 |

## Districts results

### Armagh City

1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin 1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

### Crossmore

1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 1997: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

### Cusher

1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1997: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1993-1997 Change: No change

### The Orchard

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1993-1997 Change: No change

